Petting Horses

Every year the park district has a "week of the young child" where they have a free activity daily geared toward younger kids. This year the only day we managed to get to was the pet a pony day at the local stables. Tessa was very, very unsure at first. Luca was so excited I was afraid he was going to spook the horse.

He pet the one that was out with her handler, and fed the one behind the electric fence (that had been temporarily turned off) handfuls of grass. Inside the building we ran into one of his buddies from preschool and made a horseshoe necklace. After chasing the barn cats around for a while, we went back out to say goodbye to the horses.

This time Tessa was willing to stand close enough I could get a picture, and even pet the horse's side while I held her. They had lots of fun!